Bafana Bafana suffered their heaviest defeat ever when they were walloped 5-0 by Brazil in an international friendly match played at FNB stadiuma. A hat-trick from FC Barcelona superstar Neymar plus goals from Chelsea’s Oscar and Man City’s Fernandinho floored the South African side who hardly troubled the five times world champions on the night. This was Bafana’s biggest defeat since the country’s return to international football in 1992. Bafana head coach Gordon Igesund says his team lost to a better team on the night…

This was Brazil’s 14th win in their last 15 matches and their preparations for the FIFA World Cup that will be held on home soil in June are well on track. Coach Luis Felipe Scolari believes that the difference between the two teams on the night was experience and quality…

Going into this match a lot was said about which goalkeeper Igesund was going to start with as captain and number goalkeeper Itumeleng Khune was sidelined by an injury. Igesund opted to give Supersport United’s Ronwen Williams his international debut and it was a baptism of fire for the 21 year-old. But Igesund defends his decision…

This was Brazil’s last game before they announce their final 23-man squad for the World Cup in May. With 98 days to go to the World Cup, Scolari appears to be satisfied with the progress of his side…

This was the eighth loss under Igesund in 29 matches and comes after the disastrous exit from the African Nations Championship tournament. The four time league championship winning coach whose contract with SAFA is not likely to be renewed when it expires in August, thinks he’s rebuilding the team…

Bafana’s next game is an international friendly away to Australia in Sydney on the 26th of May and possibly another European country immediately after that. Journalist: Velile Mbuli